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1 or 2 program zic with an equalizer but no program to boost the bass or do like all MP3 player!
Strange no ?
As a person who enjoys quality music, I'd tell you to use your headphones to color the sound rather than the player. It's better to have more bass-responsive headphones than to boost bass and make it sound like crap, if bass is what you're looking for.
Just a note though, most people don't even know what the heck bass is, and seem to think mid-bass is good.
Sorry for the rant. I guess I appreciate quality more than most people.
Soaa-, I agree with you - half anyway. I have pretty damn good earphones - and it's always good to have an EQ, even if someone doesn't have good ear/headphones - or if they are using the Hero's speaker/s, it is still nice to have an equalizer - to change your music into noise - or to make it seem less tinny. Or whatever.
Bottom line: We need an EQ app; at the same priority as an app that can play your music backwards and at different speeds...
How hard can it be?
n00b001 said:
How hard can it be?
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Hi,
I'm interested on everyone's DSP Manager & Voodoo sound setting. As we know, Nexus S is one of the Galaxy S member and our devices are using the best sound chips among PC, Tablets and smartphone a.k.a Wolfson.
Please post your setting here.
Thanks,
Melvinchng.
Here are my configurations (listen via earphone that provided in the box),
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When i figure out how to put up pics ill post.
my setup is very similar to yours with the exception of poweramp with some more tweaks.Just bought some klipsch earbuds and its the best sounding combo hands down,super base with crisp treble,even found a cool app that turns the iphone controls (made for) to work like stock earbuds work.My buddy found a cool app called music fx but not sure ill have too much tweaking the same stuff so i held off on downloading it but he had me listen to 2pac heavy in the game and he made the stock earbuds beat like we had 4, 12s in a hatch back.Check out that app and give me your opinion on if its a negative or positive great post for us music freaks with the best audio chip made for cell phones
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When i figure out how to put up pics ill post.
my setup is very similar to yours with the exception of poweramp with some more tweaks.Just bought some klipsch earbuds and its the best sounding combo hands down,super base with crisp treble,even found a cool app that turns the iphone controls (made for) to work like stock earbuds work.My buddy found a cool app called music fx but not sure ill have too much tweaking the same stuff so i held off on downloading it but he had me listen to 2pac heavy in the game and he made the stock earbuds beat like we had 4, 12s in a hatch back.Check out that app and give me your opinion on if its a negative or positive great post for us music freaks with the best audio chip made for cell phones
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Music fx is for stock music player only... if you want to listen a better quality of music, get Google music. You will feel the music sounds better than other music player.
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Thanks i use poweramp didn't know that's foe stock music player only
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I have been experimenting with the stock music player and the double twist player.
While both are good, being an audiophile, I am not getting that ultimate music experience.
Please recommend some good players for music
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I'm stuck in the same situation.
Power amp eq is pitchy and stock won't show my music.
I gave up with Poweramp on the Note,it kept stalling and refusing to play
or respond to controls.
Have since bought and use NRG player,life is good again particularly when
using my Marley earbuds.
Double twist or playerpro.
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I like google music built in equaliser too
Like on my pc I like Winamp.You can download the free version to try.
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My combo? double twist using the application "equalizer" from the app store set to dance and max bass booster with beat tours by Dr. dre.
I really like Mortplayer, myself. It's a folder based player which suits my preferences, too.
PlayerPro. Try the 14 days trial. It rocks.
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I think..
Player pro is the best one for my taste..
For sound quality...Neutron MP.
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I was using the paid version of PowerAmp, but recently, I tried Player Pro and liked that more and am going to buy that once the trial runs out.
I have the DSP packs for both and for my ears, Player Pro sounds more "open" and clear.
Power Amp sounds harsher and more compressed.
This is at the same volume levels and having a widget from each on the screen and swapping between the 2 and tweaking the EQ in each to get what sounded best to me.
Power Amp could get to a louder volume, but I don't listen to my music real loud anyway, and it started pretty bad at that level.
If I set both EQs flat and pushed the preamp up, Player Pro had a "nicer" sounding volume increase.
I have the Pre amp on both players at about halfway anyway, so I'm not pushing them to their limits.
The clearer and more open sound quality was more noticeable for me in parts that were pretty sparse and had some reverb. I could here a lot more detail in the reverb tails in Player Pro than in Power Amp.
I tested using both my bluetooth and wired headphones (just cheap TDK in ear things).
Also, in the short time I've used Player Pro, it hasn't had a problem with the BT headset controls.
With Power Amp, sometimes the BT controls don't work and I need to get the phone out and press the button on the screen. I haven't had to do that with Player Pro yet...
So at the moment, Player Pro is my favourite .
I've been using Winamp pro for a while. its got equalizer settings, there's radio presets (although kinda crap stations, nothing really to hit the spot, but good option anyway), you can download free music and stream full albums (mostly rock or indie, if your into that music, then its definitely worth it), and you can sync it with winamp on your computer to transfer songs to/from through wi-fi.
I'm using power amp pro on mine, which worked on 2.3, and now on 4.04, no lock ups or problems and sound is just fine (im no audiophile though)
I've always liked 3:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.abrantix.rockon.rockonnggl
But recently I've been using n7 because it has a really nice way of browsing your music and more DSP options:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.n7mobile.nplayer
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I really like Mortplayer, myself. It's a folder based player which suits my preferences, too.
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I always liked mort player because it automatically detected if you were in a car dock and had a different UI with bigger buttons for it. Much easier to hit the right button than standard players.
N7 player is superb..give it a try
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Thanks for the heads up on N7.
I've been trying it out today and I like it better than Player Pro, Power Amp and 3.
It sounds just as good as Player Pro to me, but I like the interface and options better. I just wish they had a bigger widget suited to full screen, or at least half screen on the Note.
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arindam.palit said:
While both are good, being an audiophile, I am not getting that ultimate music experience.
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I don't claim to be an audiophile but as the Note uses a subpar DAC by Yamaha I'm not sure you'll ever get your 'ultimate music experience'. I've only had the Note 24hrs, whilst the sound quality isn't terrible it gets blown away by my i9000, but that could just be because I haven't played around much with the settings on the Note.
You make no mention of what you're looking for in terms of music experience, are you looking for thumping bass or good soundstage? Great sound is often subjective as it's going to depend on what you're wanting to hear, the music you listen to and the IEMs, headphones or speakers you're using.
I'd try a few of the apps which come with a free trial and come with a decent equalizer/DSP, only you can find the experience you're looking for. I've tried most of the apps as other posters have recommended and would suggest you give a few a try, spend a couple of hours chilling out listening and playing with the settings.
I been using poweramp but after so many recommendations I gave n7 and playerpro a try. For me n7 was so sluggish I could barely make selections, I'm not sure if this was due to the number of music files that I had? (about 1000 songs)
As for playerpro I do like the clarity of the sound over poweramp especially when I'm using headset but no matter what I did I could not achieve good bass. Tried to adjust equalizer setting just made sound more pitchy and less bass...
In the end I just decided to use poweramp since I use it in the car most of the time. Just set it bass/treble boost and it sounds great for me.
P.s. For those of you who uses playerpro, how do you have it set up?
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Hey folks,
I guess the topic was already commented but not in a topic of its own.
I recently started listening to FLAC and I barely find myself listening to mp3s anymore. The quality is far more supreme...especially now that I have a Tube Amp and nice hand made speakers.
But - I want to start listening to FLAC on my phone as well. I am using Player Pro since for ever, it does support FLAC but I hear some blips on almost all of my tracks.
So yea - can you guys give me some intel on how the magic happens? HTC is known to have a nice DAC ... maybe recommend some spesific player ..and so on, and so on.
Have a nice weekend!
archibrid said:
Hey folks,
I guess the topic was already commented but not in a topic of its own.
I recently started listening to FLAC and I barely find myself listening to mp3s anymore. The quality is far more supreme...especially now that I have a Tube Amp and nice hand made speakers.
But - I want to start listening to FLAC on my phone as well. I am using Player Pro since for ever, it does support FLAC but I hear some blips on almost all of my tracks.
So yea - can you guys give me some intel on how the magic happens? HTC is known to have a nice DAC ... maybe recommend some spesific player ..and so on, and so on.
Have a nice weekend!
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archibrid said:
Hey folks,
I guess the topic was already commented but not in a topic of its own.
I recently started listening to FLAC and I barely find myself listening to mp3s anymore. The quality is far more supreme...especially now that I have a Tube Amp and nice hand made speakers.
But - I want to start listening to FLAC on my phone as well. I am using Player Pro since for ever, it does support FLAC but I hear some blips on almost all of my tracks.
So yea - can you guys give me some intel on how the magic happens? HTC is known to have a nice DAC ... maybe recommend some spesific player ..and so on, and so on.
Have a nice weekend!
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as i know, there's no software let you listen FLAC with better quality at this moment, every FLAC player output is same mp3 player, it cann't output the FLAC quality
I always use the stock music player to play FLAC, and there's different from mp3. But I don't know how to proof.
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check this out: http://www.anandtech.com/show/7567/smartphone-audio-quality-testing
still no graphs though...
I've been out of the loop for a long time. The last music player I used has seemingly been abandoned (Mort Player), so I'm curious about what everyone uses (and why).
I'd love something with decent widget support (something with cover artwork). All (or at least the vast majority) of my albums have a folder.jpg.
flac fupport would be HUGE, but I don't know of many that support it (Neutron does, I think). EQ would be helpful. m4b (audiobook) support would be awesome, but that will probably need to be a separate player, plus I have an old iPhone that I use in my car for audiobooks.
I guess this is a combination post. Looking for what people use, as well as recommendations for me.
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That's one I'm considering. That or Neutron are leading the pack in my mind.
google search "android music app" and there are a ton of threads, but IMO neutron player has by far the best sound quality. I tried a lot of apps and even though it doesn't have the best interface you can without a doubt hear the difference in sound when using Neutron over any other player. Sure, I guess poweramp or any other player could use eq settings to sound better but neutron doesn't need anything.
Poweramp will be the bone pretty much everyone goes with.
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google search "android music app" and there are a ton of threads, but IMO neutron player has by far the best sound quality. I tried a lot of apps and even though it doesn't have the best interface you can without a doubt hear the difference in sound when using Neutron over any other player. Sure, I guess poweramp or any other player could use eq settings to sound better but neutron doesn't need anything.
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That's what I remember of Neutron when it first came out. I admit I'm curious to hear music from my phone through my good cans through multiple music players.
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Poweramp will be the bone pretty much everyone goes with.
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That or Neutron. Neutron gets a lot of recommendations, even though it doesn't have the pretty interface that Poweramp does.
+1 Neutron
Poweramp is the best right there. Been using it since 2k11.
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Eleven. Or the dark version. Google it.
If you're looking for something different, check out N7 player
Not to break with the pack but I'm using Gone mad music player. It's paid but has a great eq and processor. It supports crossfading and gap less playback.
For me it's been fantastic.
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I'm using Sony Music now. It's so nice to use compared to other apps.
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Long time poweramp. Since a few month Shuttle
for me it's Poweramp. since i have a Macbook and use iTunes as my primary player, i have to use Apple Lossless (alac) instead of flac. Poweramp seems to be one of the only players to support this format. if you're using regular flac files, Shuttle (better visuals) or GoneMAD (more customization) should do the trick since they use the same audio engine that supports lossless.
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Not to break with the pack but I'm using Gone mad music player. It's paid but has a great eq and processor. It supports crossfading and gap less playback.
For me it's been fantastic.
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I looked up this one since you mentioned it and found out that I have already purchased the full version...
I'll install the trial on my Nexus and see how it sounds through my DT770s. I'd desperately love for one of these players to sound good enough with them that I don't have to bring my headphone amp with me when I travel. So far, Poweramp is sounding the best through those headphones to me. Not as full as with the amp, but better than my stock iPhone for sure.
The fact that it supports m4b is icing on the cake.
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I looked up this one since you mentioned it and found out that I have already purchased the full version...
I'll install the trial on my Nexus and see how it sounds through my DT770s. I'd desperately love for one of these players to sound good enough with them that I don't have to bring my headphone amp with me when I travel. So far, Poweramp is sounding the best through those headphones to me. Not as full as with the amp, but better than my stock iPhone for sure.
The fact that it supports m4b is icing on the cake.
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Have you tried viper4android yet? It requires root but is a great amp and even has custom headphone profiles that are adjusted for a wide selection of headphones for different manufacturers. I have Sennheiser Momentums and it makes the music sound amazing.
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Have you tried viper4android yet? It requires root but is a great amp and even has custom headphone profiles that are adjusted for a wide selection of headphones for different manufacturers. I have Sennheiser Momentums and it makes the music sound amazing.
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Looked at it, but since I'm rooted stock I wasn't sure if it would work.
I have to say that of the 4 that I've tried (Play Music, Neutron, Poweramp, and Gone Mad (the latter 3 all trials)), GMMP has so far yeilded the closest sound to my desktop rig using the same headphones, albeit not as loud or with quite the note separation.
I would have sworn that Neutron would do that.
The headphones I have really do need an amp to help bring out the full potential, but I'm pretty impressed with how everything sounds out of the N6. Better than out of my old iPhone without an amp.
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Looked at it, but since I'm rooted stock I wasn't sure if it would work.
I have to say that of the 4 that I've tried (Play Music, Neutron, Poweramp, and Gone Mad (the latter 3 all trials)), GMMP has so far yeilded the closest sound to my desktop rig using the same headphones, albeit not as loud or with quite the note separation.
I would have sworn that Neutron would do that.
The headphones I have really do need an amp to help bring out the full potential, but I'm pretty impressed with how everything sounds out of the N6. Better than out of my old iPhone without an amp.
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Stock rooted w/custom recovery? If so it's really just a matter of flashing a zip and opening the app, installing a driver, and reboot. (edit) You also have to flash a permissive zip for SElinux.
There are configurations for headset, phone speaker, Bluetooth, and aux output.
On the gmmp , I've really enjoyed it tbh. I pay for apps rarely but I've been happy with this purchase. My only issue is it not sending album art to my car stereo very well but otherwise worth it.
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Stock rooted w/custom recovery? If so it's really just a matter of flashing a zip and opening the app, installing a driver, and reboot. (edit) You also have to flash a permissive zip for SElinux.
There are configurations for headset, phone speaker, Bluetooth, and aux output.
On the gmmp , I've really enjoyed it tbh. I pay for apps rarely but I've been happy with this purchase. My only issue is it not sending album art to my car stereo very well but otherwise worth it.
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Good to know. I didn't know if it would work with the stock kernel (yes I have TWRP installed).
I will have to give it a try. I plugged my E6 into my phone and headphones and was very impressed. I gave up on the E6 shortly after getting a proper headphone amp/dac, but the sound was the closest yet to my desktop rig which is a huge plus to me.
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I like Rocket Player. The free version has a 5-band equalizer and the premium version a 10-band one, so you can get a lot of the functionality of Viper4Android there.